(genetics) The crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent.
verb
present participle of backcross
backslapping
backslapping
noun
action of the verb to backslap
verb
present participle of backslap
backsplicing
backsplicing
verb
present participle of backsplice
backstabbing
backstabbing
noun
The act of one who backstabs.
verb
present participle of backstab
backstamping
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
backswording
backswording
noun
Sport or exercise using a backsword or singlestick.
becomingness
becomingness
noun
The state or quality of being becoming (pleasingly suitable).
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
benignancies
benignancies
noun
plural of benignancy
bescribbling
bescribbling
verb
present participle of bescribble
beseechingly
beseechingly
adv
In a beseeching manner.
billsticking
billsticking
noun
Synonym of billposting
bioecologies
bioecologies
noun
plural of bioecology
bioecologist
bioecologist
noun
One who studies bioecology.
biosociology
biosociology
noun
Synonym of sociobiology
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blacklisting
blacklisting
noun
The act of placing onto a blacklist.
verb
present participle of blacklist
blackwashing
blackwashing
noun
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as belonging to a black race of people.
(derogatory) The revisionist portrayal of something as evil.
The application of a coating of blackwash.
verb
present participle of blackwash
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloodsucking
bloodsucking
adj
(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
borotungstic
brachigerous
brachylogies
brachystegia
braggadocios
braggadocios
noun
plural of braggadocio
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
bricklayings
bricklayings
noun
plural of bricklaying
broadcasting
broadcasting
adj
Sending in all directions.
noun
(business) The business or profession of radio and television.
The act by which something is broadcast.
verb
present participle of broadcast
bunchgrasses
bunchgrasses
noun
plural of bunchgrass
bushwhacking
bushwhacking
noun
criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions
fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
verb
present participle of bushwhack
cabbageworms
cabbageworms
noun
plural of cabbageworm
cablecasting
cablecasting
verb
present participle of cablecast
carpetbagism
carpetbagism
noun
Alternative form of carpetbaggism
catlettsburg
catlettsburg
Proper noun
The name of two communities in the United States:
a home rule-class city in and county seat of
an community in
chambersburg
cheeseburger
cheeseburger
noun
(military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
chemisorbing
chemisorbing
verb
present participle of chemisorb
chemosorbing
chemosorbing
verb
present participle of chemosorb
childersburg
climbingfish
concubinages
concubinages
noun
plural of concubinage
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
crossbanding
crossbanding
noun
An arrangement or pattern of crossbands.
verb
present participle of crossband
crossbarring
crossbarring
noun
A pattern of lines crossing each other.
disbranching
disbranching
verb
present participle of disbranch
fishybacking
gnotobiotics
gnotobiotics
noun
The science involved with maintaining a microbiologically controlled environment.
gobiesocidae
goldbrickers
goldbrickers
noun
plural of goldbricker
granoblastic
granoblastic
adj
(geology) Containing equidimensional grains of metamorphic rock formed by recrystallization
greenbackers
greenbackers
noun
plural of greenbacker
greenbackism
greenbackism
noun
A movement advocating for the inflation of the US currency.
guestchamber
guestchamber
noun
A chamber for the purpose of housing a guest; a guestroom.
gymnoblastic
gymnoblastic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
jacobinising
jacobinising
verb
present participle of jacobinise
linebackings
misbalancing
misbalancing
verb
present participle of misbalance
mockingbirds
mockingbirds
noun
plural of mockingbird
patricksburg
rauschenburg
recognisable
recognisable
adj
(British spelling) Able to be recognised.
redescribing
redescribing
verb
present participle of redescribe
reinscribing
reinscribing
verb
present participle of reinscribe
resubjecting
resubjecting
verb
present participle of resubject
schaumberger
schomburgkia
scramblingly
scramblingly
adv
With a scrambling motion.
scribblingly
scribblingly
adv
In a scribbling manner.
semibiologic
semiclimbing
sociobiology
sociobiology
noun
The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.
stockbroking
stockbroking
noun
The profession of a stockbroker.
stockjobbing
stockjobbing
noun
(trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares.
subalgebraic
subalgebraic
adj
Relating to a subalgebra.
subascending
subascending
adj
(biology) Almost or imperfectly ascending.
subcollegial
subculturing
subculturing
noun
The preparation of a subculture
verb
present participle of subculture
subgenerical
subgenerical
adj
subgeneric
subgeometric
subglacially
subglacially
adv
In a subglacial manner; beneath a glacier or ice.
sublicensing
sublicensing
verb
present participle of sublicense
submergences
submergences
noun
plural of submergence
submicrogram
submicrogram
adj
Being or relating to a quantity of less than a microgram
noun
An amount that is less than a microgram
subscripting
subscripting
verb
present participle of subscript
subzygomatic
subzygomatic
adj
(anatomy) Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.